Centralia Mine, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 32° 13' 38'' South , 140° 14' 39'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -32.22724,140.24426 |
GeoHash: | G#: r478xm4y8 |
Locality type: | Mine |
KΓΆppen climate type: | BWk : Cold desert climate |
Minor workings on surface outcrops of copper carbonates.
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Reference: SA Geodata Database - Mineral Deposit Details Deposit Number: 9122 |
β Cuprite Formula: Cu2O Reference: No reference listed |
β Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 Reference: SA Geodata Database - Mineral Deposit Details Deposit Number: 9122 |
β Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 Reference: SA Geodata Database - Mineral Deposit Details Deposit Number: 9122 |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: SA Geodata Database - Mineral Deposit Details Deposit Number: 9122 |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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β | 'Chalcopyrite' | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | 'Cuprite' | 4.AA.10 | Cu2O |
β | 'Magnetite' | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
β | 'Quartz' | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | 'Malachite' | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
Group 2 - SULFIDES | |||
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AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 1:1 | |||
β | Chalcopyrite | 2.9.1.1 | CuFeS2 |
Group 4 - SIMPLE OXIDES | |||
A2X | |||
β | Cuprite | 4.1.1.1 | Cu2O |
Group 7 - MULTIPLE OXIDES | |||
AB2X4 | |||
β | Magnetite | 7.2.2.3 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
Group 16a - ANHYDROUS CARBONATES CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN | |||
β | Malachite | 16a.3.1.1 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Group 75 - TECTOSILICATES Si Tetrahedral Frameworks | |||
Si Tetrahedral Frameworks - SiO2 with [4] coordinated Si | |||
β | Quartz | 75.1.3.1 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
C | Carbon | |
C | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Cuprite | Cu2O |
O | β Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
O | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | β Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Cu | β Cuprite | Cu2O |
Cu | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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Paleoproterozoic 1600 - 2500 Ma ID: 3184292 | Paleoproterozoic crystalline metamorphic rocks Age: Proterozoic (1600 - 2500 Ma) Comments: Broken Hill Camp; Adelaide Fold Belt Lithology: Quartzite; granulite grade orthogneiss/paragneiss/metavolcanic gneiss Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
Statherian 1600 - 1800 Ma ID: 738541 | Curnamona Group Age: Statherian (1600 - 1800 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Curnamona Group Description: Metasediments characterised by calc-silicate minerals and alkali feldspar, magnetite- or haematite-bearing; local iron formation, some barite-bearing. Includes volcanogenic metasediments (Basso Suite) dated at 1720-1710Ma. Comments: metasedimentary carbonate; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Metasedimentary carbonate Reference: Raymond, O.L., Liu, S., Gallagher, R., Zhang, W., Highet, L.M. Surface Geology of Australia 1:1 million scale dataset 2012 edition. Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia). [5] |
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